Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition (LARP)

This book is a completely revised, expanded, and updated version of the acclaimed live-action roleplaying (LARP) game based on the horror tales of H.P. Lovecraft.

This newest and best edition of Cthulhu Live includes a richly detailed and uniquely playable rules system that incorporates more than 12 years of best practices and refinements from hundreds of gamers worldwide. Features of this self-contained game include:

All-new rules for skills, combat, Sanity, Magic, and Psychic powers.

Extensive information on organizing events, stagecraft and special effects.

Guidelines on role-playing Outsiders tainted by the touch of the Mythos.

New and improved photographs, graphics, and other images, including works by renowned Cthulhu Mythos artist Richard Alan Poppe.

A screen-friendly lo-res version of the book that includes the "parchment" background of the original print edition and red blood spatters that had to be printed black in the original.

A printer-friendly hi-res version of the book from which background images, blood spatters, and other material that might eat up toner or affect the quality of home printouts have been eliminated.

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I am going to be honest with you. I obsessed on this book when I got it. It is so well written and illustrated that my Cthulhu fanboy self went into overdrive. If you are interested in the Cthulhu Mythos games, then this is a must-own book no matter wh [...]

I first encountered Cthulhu Live in 2002 when I came across a copy of the Chaosium edition in The Complete Strategist in New York City. I was a long time Cthulhu Mythos fan and disatisfied LARPer, and CL1 is what really brought me into the live action [...]

I have been a roleplayer for many years and a sizable portion of my games have been LARPs and I found Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition to be one of the best systems I have tried. This is not a tabletop system adapted to Live Action. It is designed to slow down [...]

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